chimp
07-22-2009, 05:32 PM
Fished there on 7/12/09 for the 1st time. Arrived at 8am at the spillway and caught and released 15 pansized rainbows and brookies in a couple of hours. Hooked a large rainbow, estimated at 12 to 13lbs on a flourecent red Berkley trout worm. Got the fish close to the shore where it proceeded to get airborne. It proceded to make a long run parallel to the shore where it promptly snapped my 2lb test.
Fished there again on 7/18/09. Arrived at the splillway at 7am. The fishing wasn't as good as on the 12th as I only caught a total of 6 fish, an assortment of one rainbow, three brookies and 1 brown along with one large rainbow that weighed in at 12lbs 7oz. The small trout were caught on a red Berkley trout worm and the big trout was caught on a 3/4" salt and pepper tube jig rigged on a 1/64th oz jighead and 2lb test. Those big Nebraska bows fight like no other planter rainbow that I have ever caught. Can't wait to fish it again in August.
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Fished there again on 7/18/09. Arrived at the splillway at 7am. The fishing wasn't as good as on the 12th as I only caught a total of 6 fish, an assortment of one rainbow, three brookies and 1 brown along with one large rainbow that weighed in at 12lbs 7oz. The small trout were caught on a red Berkley trout worm and the big trout was caught on a 3/4" salt and pepper tube jig rigged on a 1/64th oz jighead and 2lb test. Those big Nebraska bows fight like no other planter rainbow that I have ever caught. Can't wait to fish it again in August.
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http://img43.imageshack.us/i/dsci0135.jpg/